Bound for trouble from the start
I've been walking through this old world in the dark
Her wings tickle his sides despite the thicker coat that has sprouted due to Winter’s arrival. His lips now begin to gently tuck feathers back into place, straightening them and arranging them back into place. An anxiety movement, much like someone who needs something to do with their hands when awaiting anxious news. Perhaps many did not see past her stoic appearance, the Head of War with a brutal mind and tact. The one thing he had always been able to to was see past such walls, knowing what lay behind it. Her smiles were few which made them all the more rewarding.
She turns to face him, her muzzle tenderly tucking a stray piece of forelock away from the scarred socket of his ravaged face. Hazel eyes searching his own dark one and he feels himself clenching for the inevitable, unable to now keep the worry from his gaze. So far it doesn’t seem bad, she agrees that they both must try a little harder. A faint smile finds it’s way to the surface as he nods slightly in agreement.
He’s not ready for what she says next, unprepared. The coy glint in her gaze, the faint shadow of a smile on her lips. Ready for his reaction. “I’m pregnant Ledger… You’re going to be a father.”
He freezes, a swirl of emotions trying to catch up with the racing thoughts of his head. Pregnant. She’s pregnant. With his child. Father. It was his.
Staring at her in disbelief. ”Are… You’re sure?” Already a grin creeping across his facial features, his eye alighting with blossoming pleasure. An explosion in his chest, a swell of love and excitement… And fear. ”Ellyse…” He breathes, can barely contain himself as he reaches for her, pulling her close. Trailing frenzied kisses of happiness along her cheeks and neck, burrowing himself into the thickness of her mane. "You beautiful wonderful girl." Murmurs into the hollow of her neck before slowly pulling away. The reality of the news starting to settle in.
There is a tiny seed of doubt that maybe it's not his. But he refuses to play into that insecurity, to be that much of an asshole. More concerning is the thought of fatherhood. "I've... This is my first." An awkward confession as he searches her gaze, uneasy with the thought of being less than a man in her mind.
Ledger